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Worth noting that this study was of Israeli high schools from 2000 to 2002. I don't know how much has changed since then with the advent and adoption of person
by jimmygrapes 4y ago
Worth noting that this study was of Israeli high schools from 2000 to 2002. I don't know how much has changed since then with the advent and adoption of personalized/mass media technology and global cultural trends toward gender equality, but I figure some context should be added to the headline and abstract. Additionally, Israeli culture of that time was one of the more equitable when it comes to things like women in military and STEM, which IMHO makes it a pretty good place to use as a study compared to other countries where men and women would have been more culturally guided to disparate career paths (intentionally or not).
That said, there is one significant factor identified in this study which I don't think has changed much, and is prevalent in most of the "Western World": there are significantly more female teachers than male teachers in these grade levels. I don't have data on hand to support this, but I doubt there's much argument on that point.